Saski Baskonia

"Baskonia" redirects here. For the football team, see CD Basconia.

Club Deportivo Saski-Baskonia, S.A.D commonly known as Saski Baskonia (pronounced [s̺as̺ki bas̺konia]) and also simply as Baskonia, is a professional basketball team based in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB and the EuroLeague.

Baskonia
Leagues	Liga ACB EuroLeague
Founded	26 December 1959 (1959-12-26)
History	List Club Deportivo Vasconia (1959–1976) Club Deportivo Basconia (1976–1987) Saski-Baskonia S.A.D. (1988–present)
Arena	Fernando Buesa Arena
Capacity	15,504
Location	Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
Team colors	Red, blue, white
President	José Antonio Querejeta
Head coach	Pablo Laso
Team captain	Tadas Sedekerskis
Ownership	José Antonio Querejeta (57.62%)
Championships	4 Spanish Championships 6 Spanish Cups 4 Spanish Supercups 1 FIBA European Cup
Retired numbers	5 (4, 5, 8, 9, 21)
Website	baskonia.com
Home Away Third

History

1959–1969: start in the provincial basketball

In 1959, the Club Deportivo Vasconia founded a basketball program under the presidency of Félix Ullivarriarrazua. Vicente Elejalde was appointed as head coach. A previous attempt to establish a basketball program, in 1951, had ended in failure.

In its first season, the team finished second in the provincial championship behind Corazonistas. In the 1963–64 season, the team won its first provincial titles, taking both the league and cup. The team went on to win the provincial championship in five of its first ten seasons of competition (1959-69) and achieved the promotion to the 3rd division after Pepe Laso took over as head coach, prevailing over city rival Deportivo Alavés.

1970–1980: the leap to the Spanish top league

Club Deportivo Vasconia was an immediate success in the Spanish 3rd division and was elevated to the 2nd division after beating Grupo Covadonga in the promotion playoffs. In its first season in the 2nd division (1970-71), the team qualified for the promotion playoffs to the 1st division, but was defeated by Breogán. A year later, the team achieved promotion to the 1st division after finishing as the champion of Group A.

The team opened the 1972–73 season in the 1st division by defeating Breogán 89-67. The Basque team went on to reach the semifinals of the Copa del Rey where they were eliminated by Estudiantes. In the 1973–74 season, the club reached 1,400 supporters and signed its first foreign player, the Canadian Phil Tollestrup. The team finished in eighth place and gained the right to play in the Korać Cup but declined to participate on financial grounds.

In 1974, Jose Luis Sánchez Erauskin, former player and founder of the club, took over the club's presidency. The team incorporated young players such as Manu Moreno, Kepa Segurola, Luis María Junguitu, Carlos Salinas, and José Antonio Querejeta, and signed American Ray Price, who became the division's top scorer. Memorable wins in the 1975–76 season included a 70–69 upset of FC Barcelona and a 78–76 road win over Joventut. In 1976–77, Sánchez Erauskin and his board made the decision to change the V by B in the name of the club, which became Club Deportivo Basconia. The team adopted the Basque national colors of the Ikurriña, green with red and white trim instead of the club's traditional blue and maroon. Pepe Laso combined his position as head coach with the Spanish national coach and Iñaki Garaialde and Txema Capetillo joined the team.

In 1977, Juan Antonio Ortiz de Pinedo retired as a player to become the head coach of the team, replacing Pepe Laso. In 1978, José Antonio Querejeta was transferred to Real Madrid. In addition to financial compensation, the club obtained the young player Manuel San Emeterio in return. Iñaki Iriarte became the head coach of the team. Players like Junguitu, and Txomin Sautu returned and Juan Manuel Conde was signed, along with the American Webb Williams. Fernando Aranguiz assumed the presidency of the club in June 1978 and Carlos Luquero was honored for a professional record including more than 300 games and more than 7,000 points with the team. In the Copa del Rey, the team reached the semifinals before falling to that year's winner, FC Barcelona.

In 1979, Peio Cambronero arrived from Estudiantes and the club signed the American Malcolm Cesare, but the results for the 1979–80 season were not good and the team finished the league in a relegation position. Fortunately, the Spanish Federation decided to expand the 1st division to fourteen teams, allowing Club Deportivo Basconia to remain in the league.

1980–1990: in steady progression

The reprieve lasted just one year, as the 1980–81 season was one of the saddest in the club's history. A last-place finish and just six wins led to relegation to the 2nd division. The misfortunes did not end there, as one of its players, Juanma Conde, died after an irreversible illness. This was a blow to the entire club, for the loss of a teammate and a friend.

In the summer of 1981, José Antonio Querejeta, who had returned to the team after passing through Real Madrid and had been tested by FC Barcelona, was transferred to Joventut. The direction of Iñaki Iriarte from the bench and the contribution of Cambronero Peio, Txomin Sautu, Salva Diez, Mikel Cuadra, Xabier Jon Davalillo and Luis Mari Junguitu allowed the team to promote to the 1st division and return to the place that it had occupied among the great teams for almost a decade. A new change in the presidency of the club allowed the arrival of José Antonio Apraiz. The season of the return to the top league was not very positive in terms of results, the team ended up in relegation positions with a baggage of three wins, three draws and twenty defeats. Spanish basketball was preparing to enter a new stage marked by professionalism, and the creation of the Liga ACB made it possible for the team to avoid relegation back to the 2nd Division.

As of the 1983–84 season with the first edition of the Liga ACB, the modern Spanish basketball story begins in which the club was strongly committed to leaving its modest club status. Basque guard Alberto Ortega returns to the team, one of the stars of the league like Essie Hollis and Rilley Clarida became the first couple of foreigners of the club because the new Liga ACB allowed the signing of two foreign players per team. In the 1984–85 season, José Antonio Querejeta returned to the team, Pablo Laso made the leap to the first team after his trip at an American institute with only 16 years, which together with another youth player like Aitor Zárate formed the youngest guards in the league. As a counterpoint to this commitment to youth, an illustrious veteran of Spanish basketball like Miguel López signed for the team. Completing the incorporations with the arrival of Terry White as new foreign player for the team led by Xabier Añua.

In 1985, the club won its first official title, the Copa Asociación which was played among the teams eliminated in the first round of the league playoffs. In the final, the team won to the Zaragoza led by Pepe Laso in Villanueva de La Serena (Badajoz). José Antonio Querejeta was the top scorer of the game with 30 points and the team earned the qualification to the Korać Cup for the following season. At the institutional level, Jose Antonio Santamaría is again the club president. The 1985–86 season was marked by the Korać Cup debut. The first rival was the Dutch Super Cracks Werkendam, which was clearly defeated at home (73–88) and overwhelmingly in Vitoria-Gasteiz (130–94). The next rival was the French ASVEL. In the home game, the Basque team fell against the French team 84–94, but this defeat did not undermine the team hopes to seek the comeback weeks later in Lyon. The game played in the French town at the end of game resulted in a draw at 88 points, but the competition system computed the difference in points of both clashes and meant the elimination of the Basque team from the competition.

At that time, important foreigners such as Abdul Jeelani and Larry Micheaux arrived who gave a plus of quality to a large team from the team (Alberto Ortega, José Antonio Querejeta, Pablo Laso, Jesús Brizuela and the young players Madoz, Urdiain, Felix De La Fuente and Arana) and directed by Pepe Laso who returned to be the head coach of the team for two seasons. A season later, the captain of the team, Iñaki Garaialde, who was honored in Polideportivo Mendizorrotza days before the start of the 1987–88 season, retired as a player. Manu Moreno took over the bench as the head coach. Names like Fede Ramiro, or Agustin Cuesta with an already important experience in Spanish basketball reinforced the team. Larry Micheaux and David Lawrence formed the American couple, but the weak performance of the second led to its replacement by the jumpy Nikita Wilson midway through the season. The team was strong at home and began to stand up to rivals with a bigger budget. The season ended in eighth position.

At the start of the 1988–89 season, José Antonio Querejeta retired as a player. A few weeks after his retirement, offered himself as a candidate for the presidency of the club and José Antonio Santamaría gave his position to the former player, being one of the youngest presidents of the ACB. As president, began the process of converting the club into a Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, as required by the Sports Law. The club became the first Spanish professional sport club to carry out this transformation and was born under the name of Saski-Baskonia S.A.D.. The Baskonia of José Antonio Querejeta wanted to take another step in the professionalization of the club taking as an example the NBA franchises and began to make his first important bets, the signing of Chicho Sibilio after being one of the stars of FC Barcelona. Puerto Rican pivot from the Boston Celtics, Ramón Rivas and the signing of the Argentine Marcelo Nicola who signed a 10-year deal as a franchise player in which the club would settle in the 90s.

The objective was to overcome the seventh place in the final standings that would allow the pass to compete in European competitions. Despite these important bets, the 1989–90 season the club failed to take that step forward. Halfway through the season, Manu Moreno was sacked as coach and the Željko Pavličević signed after a brilliant record in Cibona. However, the team fell in the first round of playoffs against Real Madrid and closed his short stay in Vitoria-Gasteiz as a head coach.

1990–2010: introducing in European basketball and first trophies

With José Antonio Querejeta as president, the club grows exponentially. Herb Brown signed as head coach and Alfredo Salazar began his travels through Argentina to capture talent. In 1991, the club left Polideportivo Mendizorrotza to move to the Araba Arena, which lived its extension from 5,000 to 9,500 spectators at the end of the decade. In 1993, Manel Comas signed as head coach. With Manel Comas, the team won its first Spanish King's Cup, when Pablo Laso and Velimir Perasović led the team to an historical win. The club was already making noise internationally too, reaching the FIBA European Cup final in both 1994 and 1995. When it hosted the same title game in 1996, the team pleased its many fans by downing PAOK behind 31 points from Ramón Rivas. After the departure of Manel Comas, Sergio Scariolo signed as head coach. With Scariolo, the team made its first Spanish Championship playoff final in 1998 and added a second Spanish King's Cup title in 1999. Names like Ramón Rivas, Marcelo Nicola, Juan Alberto Espil, Pablo Laso, Elmer Bennett or Velimir Perasović were some of the protagonists of that decade.

The team started the 21st century with Duško Ivanović on the bench. In his first year, they then found quick success in the newly reborn EuroLeague. With a deep roster featuring Elmer Bennett, Saulius Štombergas, Victor Alexander, Fabricio Oberto and a young Luis Scola, Baskonia reached the 2001 Euroleague Finals, before losing to Virtus Bologna in the fifth and final game on the road. With winning momentum and the additions of Dejan Tomašević and Andrés Nocioni, the team achieved its first double in the next season, with another Spanish King's Cup trophy and its first Spanish League title ever. Baskonia snatched two more Spanish King's Cups, in 2004 and 2006, as Luis Scola and Pablo Prigioni played decisive roles, and success followed the team in the EuroLeague. Baskonia's arrival to its first EuroLeague Final Four in 2005 couldn't have been louder, as the team upset favored host CSKA Moscow in the semi-finals, but couldn't overcome defending champ Maccabi in the title game.

Back home, Baskonia again reached the Spanish League finals, only to lose in dramatic fashion. Baskonia returned to the EuroLeague Final Four in 2006, but once again Maccabi stood in its way, this time in the semi-final. The team also made it to the Spanish League finals, but was swept there. The next season, Baskonia won its EuroLeague regular season and Top 16 groups before sweeping Olympiacos in the Playoffs, as Scola became the Euroleague Basketball's top all-time scorer at that time. Nonetheless, eventual champion Panathinaikos downed Baskonia in the semi-finals and once home again in Spain, Baskonia lost in the semi-finals.

Through outstanding scouting and shrewd management, Baskonia built a squad that went to four straight EuroLeague Final Fours. Baskonia advanced to the EuroLeague Final Four in 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008, losing to Maccabi Tel Aviv in the 2005 final, and 2006 semi-finals, to Panathinaikos in the 2007 semi-finals, and to CSKA Moscow in the 2008 semi-finals.

In the 2007–08 season, the team led by Neven Spahija won its second Spanish Liga ACB championship. In 2008–09 season, the team added its sixth Spanish King's Cup title. In the 2009–10 season, Baskonia won its third Spanish Liga ACB championship by sweeping FC Barcelona on a memorable series-winning three-point play by Fernando San Emeterio. Names like Luis Scola, Andrés Nocioni, Pablo Prigioni. Igor Rakočević, Arvydas Macijauskas, José Calderón, Pete Mickeal or Tiago Splitter were some of the protagonists of that decade.

2010–present: new arena and the new EuroLeague era

Johannes Voigtmann with Baskonia, in 2017.

Tornike Shengelia with Baskonia, in 2017.

In 2012, its arena Fernando Buesa Arena was expanded to 15,504 seats and the many initiatives the club continues to put into practice show that Baskonia is always moving forward. The club reached the EuroLeague Playoffs in 2011 and 2012 and reached the Top 16 14 times in 15 years. In 2016, Baskonia returned the EuroLeague Final Four for the first time in eight years, as the club made it to the 2016 Final Four. Here the team was defeated after overtime in the semi-final by Fenerbahçe. In the third place game, Baskonia lost to Russian side Lokomotiv Kuban.

In the 2016–17 season, the EuroLeague adopted a new league-style format in which a round-robin season of sixteen teams was played. In the first season in the new format, the team changed its core of players and also its head coach, but still remained deep in the playoff zone for most of the regular season and ended up advancing to the next phase with a 17–13 record and seventh place. A four-game winning streak in December and another in March covered up for a negative run of six losses in seven games between Rounds 17 and 23. Baskonia clinched a playoff berth for the 10th time in 12 seasons, but there the team was swept by CSKA Moscow after three tough games. Ádám Hanga was one of the team leaders and was chosen as the EuroLeague Best Defender by the league's head coaches, and Baskonia showed, once again, its innate ability to sign talent that seemed to go under the radar for everybody else with names like Shane Larkin, Johannes Voigtmann and Rodrigue Beaubois playing major roles.

In the 2017–18 season, the club advanced to the playoffs for the third consecutive year and put up a major fight against Fenerbahçe before falling in four games. None of that was looking likely when the Basque club suffered a shocking start, losing its first four games to signal the departure from the coaching position of club legend Pablo Prigioni. The man appointed to turn things around was Pedro Martínez, who immediately effected a remarkable revival as Baskonia won four of its next five games to ignite its challenge. A mid-season dip left the side in the bottom half of the standings heading into the final few weeks of the regular season, but then came a dramatic surge in form that yielded six consecutive win, with the consistent excellence of versatile big man Tornike Shengelia earning him the monthly MVP award for March. A top half finish was sealed with a home win over Maccabi Tel Aviv in Round 29, and although disappointment followed against Fenerbahçe, that playoff berth was a just reward for Baskonia's typically spirited recovery from its slow start. The team was also highly competitive on the domestic front, earning a second-place finish in the Spanish League after pushing Real Madrid hard in the finals.

The 2018–19 season was an important season for the club with the Final Four taking place on its home court. A slow start caused Baskonia to part ways with head coach Pedro Martínez and bring back club legend Velimir Perasović to replace him. Baskonia kept struggling on the road, but won 10 of its last 11 regular season games – including victories against playoff-bound teams CSKA Moscow, Panathinaikos and Real Madrid – to reach the playoffs from sixth place. Baskonia managed to do something no team had done in over a decade – steal home-court advantage in a playoff series against CSKA, but the Russian powerhouse recovered with back-to-back wins at Buesa Arena to qualify for the Final Four and eventually win the title. Vincent Poirier was chosen to the All-EuroLeague Second Team. Baskonia had early exits in its two main domestic competitions; it lost against Joventut in the Copa del Rey quarterfinals and against Zaragoza in the Spanish League quarterfinals.

On 30 June 2020, ten years after their last title, Baskonia won the 2019–20 ACB season, marked by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sponsorship naming

The club was often referred to for years as TAU Cerámica, a Spanish brand name of ceramics manufacturer TAULELL, which name sponsored the club from 1987 to 2009. Originally, TAULELL used another of its brand names, Taugrés, as the name of the team, before changing the name to TAU Cerámica in 1997. TAU, Taugrés and TAU Vitoria were also frequently used to refer to the team. Baskonia, Saski Baskonia, and Saski Baskonia, S.A.D. refer to the name of the actual sports club itself. In 2009, the Spanish credit union Caja Laboral became the new name sponsor of the club and increased the amount of money that the name sponsor contributes to the sports club's budget. In 2016, Laboral Kutxa end its sponsorship naming to Baskonia.

Baskonia has received diverse sponsorship names along the years:

• Caja Álava (1983–1987)
• Taugrés (1987–1997) / Tau Cerámica (1997–2009)
• Caja Laboral / Laboral Kutxa (2009–2016)
• Kirolbet Baskonia (2018–2020)
• TD Systems Baskonia (2020–2021)
• Bitci Baskonia (2021–2022)
• Cazoo Baskonia (2022–2023)

Arena

Fernando Buesa Arena during the 2019 EuroLeague Final Four.

Since 1991, Baskonia has played its home games at the Fernando Buesa Arena, which has a seating capacity of 15,504 people for basketball games. The arena was originally called the Pabellón Araba, from 1991 to 2000. The arena was extensively renovated and expanded in the year 2012.

The arena hosted the 1996 FIBA European Cup Final, in which Baskonia won the title and also hosted the 2010 Eurocup Finals, before hosting the EuroLeague Final Four in 2019.

Players

See also: Category:Saski Baskonia players

Retired jerseys

Despite not having retired any number in its history, five of the club's most notable players have a jersey with the number they wore in their time with the team hung at the Fernando Buesa Arena. These are Pablo Prigioni (#5), whose shirt was put on display in 2017; Igor Rakočević (#8) and Sergi Vidal (#9), who followed suit in 2020; Luis Scola (#4), who was inducted in 2023; and Tiago Splitter (#21), who was inducted in 2024.

Baskonia retired jerseys
No.	Nat.	Player	Pos.	Tenure	Ceremony date
4		Luis Scola	PF	1998–2007	3 November 2023
5		Pablo Prigioni	PG	2003–2009, 2011–2012, 2016–2017	15 January 2017
8		Igor Rakočević	SG	2006–2009	19 December 2019
9		Sergi Vidal	SF	2000–2009	19 December 2019
21		Tiago Splitter	C	2000–2010	5 May 2024

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Baskonia roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age SG 0 Howard, Markus 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) 25 – (1999-03-03)3 March 1999 SF 2 Raieste, Sander 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 25 – (1999-03-31)31 March 1999 SG 6 Savkov, Pavel 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 22 – (2002-04-13)13 April 2002 F 8 Sedekerskis, Tadas (C) 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 26 – (1998-01-17)17 January 1998 SF 9 Luwawu-Cabarrot, Timothé 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 29 – (1995-05-09)9 May 1995 G 10 Jaramaz, Ognjen 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 29 – (1995-09-01)1 September 1995 PG 11 Forrest, Trent 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 26 – (1998-06-12)12 June 1998 SF 17 Rogkavopoulos, Nikos 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 23 – (2001-06-27)27 June 2001 C 18 Diop, Khalifa 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in) 22 – (2002-01-15)15 January 2002 PG 44 Baldwin, Kamar 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 27 – (1997-09-15)15 September 1997 C 45 Hall, Donta 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 27 – (1997-08-07)7 August 1997 C 46 N'Diaye, Ousmane (Y) 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 20 – (2004-03-19)19 March 2004 PF 95 Moneke, Chima 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 28 – (1995-12-24)24 December 1995	Head coach Pablo Laso Assistant coach(es) Nacho Juan David Gil Xabier Aspe Legend (C) Team captain (Y) Youth player Injured Roster Transactions Updated: September 21, 2024

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Bench 3
C	Donta Hall	Khalifa Diop †	Ousmane N'Diaye ‡
PF	Chima Moneke	Tadas Sedekerskis †
SF	Timothé Luwawu-Cabarrot	Nikos Rogkavopoulos	Sander Raieste †
SG	Markus Howard *	Ognjen Jaramaz		Pavel Savkov †
PG	Trent Forrest *	Kamar Baldwin *

Notes: Blue † – homegrown player; Red * – overseas player; Green ‡ – youth player

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

• Carlos Cabezas
• José Calderón
• Carlos Cazorla
• Ilimane Diop
• Jorge Garbajosa
• Roberto Íñiguez
• Pablo Laso
• Fernando San Emeterio
• Pau Ribas
• Sergi Vidal
• Walter Herrmann
• Marcelo Nicola
• Andrés Nocioni
• Fabricio Oberto
• Pablo Prigioni
• Luis Scola
• Luca Vildoza
• Mirza Teletović
• Marcelo Huertas
• Tiago Splitter
• Georgi Glouchkov
• Velimir Perasović
• Zoran Planinić
• Darko Planinić
• Roko Ukić
• Maik Kotsar
• Jim Bilba
• Laurent Foirest
• Thomas Heurtel
• William Phillips
• Kevin Séraphin
• Hanno Möttölä
• Tornike Shengelia
• Tibor Pleiß
• Johannes Voigtmann
• Ioannis Bourousis
• Christos Charissis
• Kornél Dávid
• Ádám Hanga
• Pat Burke
• Lior Eliyahu
• Andrea Bargnani
• Simone Fontecchio
• Achille Polonara
• Stefano Rusconi
• Dāvis Bertāns
• Jānis Timma
• Simas Jasaitis
• Rimantas Kaukėnas
• Arvydas Macijauskas
• Saulius Štombergas
• Mindaugas Timinskas
• Rokas Giedraitis
• Predrag Drobnjak
• Thomas Kelati
• Maciej Lampe
• David Logan
• Ramón Rivas
• Miroslav Berić
• Nemanja Bjelica
• Vladimir Micov
• Dejan Tomašević
• Igor Rakočević
• Richard Petruška
• Goran Dragić
• Zoran Dragić
• Jaka Blažič
• Ender Arslan
• Serkan Erdoğan
• Kaya Peker
• Andrew Betts
• Victor Alexander
• Jerome Allen
• J. J. Anderson
• Joe Arlauckas
• Wade Baldwin IV
• Ken Bannister
• Scooter Barry
• Elmer Bennett
• Anthony Bonner
• Ryan Bowen
• Rickey Brown
• Chase Budinger
• Lionel Chalmers
• Chris Corchiani
• Pat Durham
• Rashard Griffith
• Travis Hansen
• Pierriá Henry
• Darrun Hilliard
• Essie Hollis
• Casey Jacobsen
• Mike James
• Linton Johnson
• Jalen Jones
• Randolph Keys
• Shane Larkin
• Will McDonald
• Jordan McRae
• Larry Micheaux
• Pete Mickeal
• Drew Nicholas
• Dan O'Sullivan
• Lamar Odom
• Lou Roe
• Brent Scott
• James Singleton
• Matt Steigenga
• Darius Thompson
• Nikita Wilson
• David Wood

Players at the NBA draft

Position	Player	Year	Round	Pick	Drafted by
PF	Marcelo Nicola	1993	2nd round	30th	Houston Rockets
PF	Luis Scola	2002	2nd round	56th	San Antonio Spurs
PF/C	Tiago Splitter	2007	1st round	28th	San Antonio Spurs

Head coaches

Further information: Category:Saski Baskonia coaches

• Vicente Elejalde 1959–1969
• Pepe Laso 1969–1977, 1985–1987
• Juan Antonio Ortiz de Pinedo 1977–1978, 1982–1983
• Iñaki Iriarte 1978–1980, 1981–1983, 1992–1993
• Manu Moreno 1980–1981, 1987–1989
• Txema Capetillo 1983–1984
• Xabier Añúa 1984–1985
• Željko Pavličević 1989–1990
• Herb Brown 1990–1992
• Manel Comas 1993–1997
• Sergio Scariolo 1997–1999, 2013–2014
• Salva Maldonado 1999
• Julio Lamas 1999–2000
• Duško Ivanović 2000–2005, 2008–2012, 2019–2021, 2023–2024
• Pedro Martínez 2005, 2017–2018
• Velimir Perasović 2005–2007, 2015–2016, 2018–2019
• Natxo Lezkano 2007
• Božidar Maljković 2007
• Neven Spahija 2007–2008, 2021–2022
• Žan Tabak 2012–2013
• Marco Crespi 2014
• Ibon Navarro 2014–2015
• Sito Alonso 2016–2017
• Pablo Prigioni 2017
• Joan Peñarroya 2022–2023
• Pablo Laso 2024–present

Source: baskonistas.com

Logos

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  Non commercial logo (2010–2016)
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  Non commercial logo (2016–present)
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  Tau sponsorship logo (1987–2009)
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  Caja Laboral sponsorship logo (2009–2013)

Season by season

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.	W–L	Copa del Rey	Other cups		European competitions
1959	Foundation of Club Deportivo Vasconia
1959–60	4	Provincial	2nd
1960–61	4	Provincial	2nd
1961–62	4	Provincial	1st
1962–63	4	Provincial	2nd
1963–64	4	Provincial	1st
1964–65	4	Provincial	2nd
1965–66	4	Provincial	1st
1966–67	4	Provincial	2nd
1967–68	4	Provincial	1st
1968–69	4	Provincial	1st
1969–70	3	3ª División	1st	10–5
1970–71	2	2ª División	2nd	20–4
1971–72	2	2ª División	1st	21–3
1972–73	1	1ª División	10th	12–18	Semi-finalist
1973–74	1	1ª División	8th	12–16
1974–75	1	1ª División	8th	8–14	Quarter-finalist
1975–76	1	1ª División	8th	14–18
1976	Converting in Club Deportivo Basconia
1976–77	1	1ª División	10th	8–14	First round
1977–78	1	1ª División	10th	7–1–14	First round
1978–79	1	1ª División	8th	9–13	Semi-finalist
1979–80	1	1ª División	11th	5–2–15	Round of 16
1980–81	1	1ª División	14th	6–20	Round of 16
1981–82	2	1ª División B	2nd	19–1–6
1982–83	1	1ª División	13th	3–3–20	Round of 16
1983–84	1	Liga ACB	9th	9–22	Round of 16
1984–85	1	Liga ACB	10th	8–22		Copa Asociación	C
1985–86	1	Liga ACB	9th	16–14		Copa Príncipe	QF	3 Korać Cup	R2	0–1–1
1986–87	1	Liga ACB	8th	15–18		Copa Príncipe	R16
1987–88	1	Liga ACB	8th	19–14		Copa Príncipe	R16
1988	Converting in Saski-Baskonia S.A.D.
1988–89	1	Liga ACB	7th	21–17	Round of 16
1989–90	1	Liga ACB	7th	23–15	Quarter-finalist
1990–91	1	Liga ACB	4th	26–16	Quarter-finalist
1991–92	1	Liga ACB	4th	30–15	Quarter-finalist			3 Korać Cup	QF	6–6
1992–93	1	Liga ACB	11th	19–14	Third position			3 Korać Cup	GS	6–4
1993–94	1	Liga ACB	11th	17–15	Runner-up			2 European Cup	RU	11–4
1994–95	1	Liga ACB	5th	24–17	Champion			2 European Cup	RU	12–3
1995–96	1	Liga ACB	8th	22–19				2 European Cup	C	13–1–3
1996–97	1	Liga ACB	5th	21–17				3 Korać Cup	R16	8–2
1997–98	1	Liga ACB	2nd	34–10	Quarter-finalist			3 Korać Cup	R32	5–3
1998–99	1	Liga ACB	5th	25–13	Champion			1 EuroLeague	GS	4–6
1999–00	1	Liga ACB	4th	25–18	Quarter-finalist			2 Saporta Cup	R16	9–5
2000–01	1	Liga ACB	3rd	32–11	Quarter-finalist			1 Euroleague	RU	15–7
2001–02	1	Liga ACB	1st	33–12	Champion			1 Euroleague	T16	13–7
2002–03	1	Liga ACB	6th	20–19	Runner-up			1 Euroleague	T16	11–9
2003–04	1	Liga ACB	3rd	32–10	Champion			1 Euroleague	T16	13–7
2004–05	1	Liga ACB	2nd	36–11	Semi-finalist	Supercopa	4th	1 Euroleague	RU	13–11
2005–06	1	Liga ACB	2nd	31–13	Champion	Supercopa	C	1 Euroleague	3rd	18–7
2006–07	1	Liga ACB	3rd	31–11	Semi-finalist	Supercopa	C	1 Euroleague	4th	20–4
2007–08	1	Liga ACB	1st	29–13	Runner-up	Supercopa	C	1 Euroleague	4th	16–9
2008–09	1	Liga ACB	2nd	33–8	Champion	Supercopa	C	1 Euroleague	QF	14–7
2009–10	1	Liga ACB	1st	35–9	Semi-finalist	Supercopa	SF	1 Euroleague	QF	11–9
2010–11	1	Liga ACB	4th	25–14	Semi-finalist	Supercopa	SF	1 Euroleague	QF	10–10
2011–12	1	Liga ACB	3rd	27–14	Semi-finalist	Supercopa	RU	1 Euroleague	RS	5–5
2012–13	1	Liga ACB	5th	26–11	Semi-finalist			1 Euroleague	QF	13–15
2013–14	1	Liga ACB	6th	19–17	Quarter-finalist	Supercopa	SF	1 Euroleague	T16	11–13
2014–15	1	Liga ACB	6th	20–17		Supercopa	SF	1 Euroleague	T16	11–13
2015–16	1	Liga ACB	4th	27–14	Semi-finalist			1 Euroleague	4th	18–11
2016–17	1	Liga ACB	3rd	26–13	Semi-finalist	Supercopa	SF	1 EuroLeague	7th	17–16
2017–18	1	Liga ACB	2nd	31–13	Quarter-finalist			1 EuroLeague	7th	17–17
2018–19	1	Liga ACB	5th	26–10	Quarter-finalist	Supercopa	RU	1 EuroLeague	7th	16–18
2019–20	1	Liga ACB	1st	17–13				1 EuroLeague	–	12–16
2020–21	1	Liga ACB	5th	24–15	Semi-finalist	Supercopa	SF	1 EuroLeague	10th	18–16
2021–22	1	Liga ACB	4th	22–18				1 EuroLeague	9th	12–16
2022–23	1	Liga ACB	5th	28–8	Quarter-finalist			1 EuroLeague	9th	18–16
2023–24	1	Liga ACB	9th	18–16				1 EuroLeague	8th	19–20

Honours

Domestic competitions

• Spanish League

Winners (4): 2001–02, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2019–20

Runners-up (5): 1997–98, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2017–18

• Spanish Cup

Winners (6): 1995, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2009

Runners-up (3): 1994, 2003, 2008

• Spanish Supercup

Winners (4): 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008.

Runners-up (2): 2011, 2018

• Association Cup

Winners (1): 1985

• 2nd Division

Winners (1): 1971–72

• Basque Cup

Winners (4): 2010–11, 2011–12, 2018–19, 2022–23

European competitions

• EuroLeague

Runners-up (2): 2000–01, 2004–05

3rd place (1): 2005–06

4th place (3): 2006–07, 2007–08, 2015–16

Final Four (6): 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2016

• FIBA Saporta Cup

Winners (1): 1995–96 MVP Ramón Rivas

Runners-up (2): 1993–94, 1994–95

Other competitions

• Trofeo Diputación / Álava

Winners (27): 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022

• Estella, Spain Invitational Game

Winners (1): 2007

• Logroño, Spain Invitational Game

Winners (1): 2007

• Ourense, Spain Invitational Game

Winners (1): 2008

• Tudela, Spain Invitational Game

Winners (1): 2008

• Torneo de Lleida Stagepro

3rd Place (1): 2009

• Switzerland Invitational Game

Winners (1): 2010

• Torneo Angers

Winners (1): 2010

• Lanzarote, Spain Invitational Game

Winners (1): 2011

• Bergara, Spain Invitational Game

Winners (1): 2015

• Torneo Fundacion CID

Runners-up (1): 2016

Individual awards

ACB Most Valuable Player

• Kenny Green – 1997
• Andrés Nocioni – 2004
• Luis Scola – 2005, 2007
• Tiago Splitter – 2010
• Fernando San Emeterio – 2011
• Ioannis Bourousis – 2016

ACB Rising Star

• Mirza Teletović – 2008

ACB Finals MVP

• Elmer Bennett – 2002
• Pete Mickeal – 2008
• Tiago Splitter – 2010
• Luca Vildoza – 2020

Spanish Cup MVP

• Joe Arlauckas – 1993
• Velimir Perasović – 1994
• Pablo Laso – 1995
• Elmer Bennett – 1999
• Dejan Tomašević – 2002
• Pablo Prigioni – 2007
• Mirza Teletović – 2009

Supercup MVP

• Luis Scola – 2005
• Tiago Splitter – 2006, 2007
• Pablo Prigioni – 2008

ACB Three Point Shootout Champion

• Juan Alberto Espil – 1997
• Igor Rakočević – 2007

EuroLeague Best Defender

• Ádám Hanga – 2017

All-EuroLeague First Team

• Dejan Tomašević – 2002
• Arvydas Macijauskas – 2005
• Luis Scola – 2006, 2007
• Tiago Splitter – 2008
• Igor Rakočević – 2009
• Fernando San Emeterio – 2011
• Ioannis Bourousis – 2016
• Tornike Shengelia – 2018
• Darius Thompson – 2023

All-EuroLeague Second Team

• Andrés Nocioni – 2003, 2004
• Luis Scola – 2005
• Pablo Prigioni – 2006, 2007
• Igor Rakočević – 2007
• Tiago Splitter – 2009, 2010
• Vincent Poirier – 2019

All-ACB First Team

• Andrés Nocioni – 2004, 2013
• Luis Scola – 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
• José Calderón – 2005
• Pablo Prigioni – 2006, 2007, 2009
• Igor Rakočević – 2009
• Tiago Splitter – 2010
• Marcelo Huertas – 2011
• Fernando San Emeterio – 2011
• Mirza Teletović – 2012
• Darius Adams – 2016
• Ioannis Bourousis – 2016
• Ádám Hanga – 2017
• Tornike Shengelia – 2018
• Pierriá Henry – 2021
• Darius Thompson – 2023
• Markus Howard – 2023

All-ACB Second Team

• Ádám Hanga – 2016
• Shane Larkin – 2017
• Tornike Shengelia – 2019, 2020
• Vincent Poirier – 2019
• Rokas Giedraitis – 2021

ACB Most Spectacular Player

• Tornike Shengelia – 2019

Matches against NBA teams

14 October 2010

Boxscore

Memphis Grizzlies

110–105

Caja Laboral

FedExForum, Memphis, TN

16 October 2010

Boxscore

San Antonio Spurs

108–85

Caja Laboral

AT&T Center, San Antonio, TX

Baskonia B

Main article: Saski Baskonia B

Baskonia B is the reserve team of Baskonia. It currently plays in Tercera FEB, the fourth tier of Spanish basketball.

External links

• Saski Baskonia at ACB.com (in Spanish)
• Saski Baskonia at EuroLeague.net